{"id":32722,"date":"2026-01-15T15:44:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T15:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=32722"},"modified":"2026-01-15T15:44:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T15:44:44","slug":"32722","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=32722","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">\u201cHe secured his legacy!\u201d Beatrice corrected, raising her hand. Her diamond rings glinted under the fluorescent lights like brass knuckles. \u201cAnd now, I\u2019m going to make sure you never forget your place.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">She prepared to strike. I squeezed my eyes shut, bracing for the impact, unable to lift my arms to defend myself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">But the blow never landed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><strong class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">Chapter 3: The Titan Enters<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">Beatrice\u2019s hand froze in mid-air. Her eyes, fixed on something over my shoulder, widened. Her expression shifted from rage to confusion, and then, rapidly, to absolute terror.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">A deep, baritone voice boomed from the doorway, shaking the very walls of the room.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">\u201c<\/span><strong class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">Touch my daughter again, and you lose the hand.<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">Beatrice stumbled back, dropping her bag. It hit the floor with a heavy\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">clunk<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=32723\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32065\" src=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tap-here.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHe secured his legacy!\u201d Beatrice corrected, raising her hand. Her diamond rings glinted under the fluorescent lights like brass knuckles. \u201cAnd now, I\u2019m going to make sure you never forget your place.\u201d She prepared to strike. I squeezed my eyes shut, bracing for the impact, unable to lift my arms to defend myself. But the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=32722\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32722"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32722"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32725,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32722\/revisions\/32725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}